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My PR Card is in Canada and I am elsewhere. I have genuinely looked into get a PRTD but the process is so cumbersome, firstly the visa office is in another country and they refuse to inform me how long the process takes. I would need to give up my passport for an extended period of time and I...

I am in Switzerland and need a PRTD to return to Canada. When you say processing time is 2-3 weeks do you know what that entails? Would I have to go to Vienna to drop off documents? Do I have to leave my passport? Paris is closer to me but I can't seem to get any responses to my emails which...

Interesting solution. Thank you I will do this.

Sorry if this post isn't relevant to this forum it concerns a refund from CIC for a cancelled spousal sponsorship application. I am looking to see if anyone has any advice or experience obtaining refunds as I have been waiting 7 months now. This is my story so far: - May 2016 cancelled inland...

In case anyone is interested at all I am still waiting for my refund that I was supposed to receive in August 2016. I have spoken to CIC officials by phone approximately 4 times and have emailed approximately 10 times. I am sure they are sick of me by now and they keep saying they will ask the...

We actually already wrote our own letters stating our common law status with all the information regarding joint lease, joint bank accounts, life insurance, how long we've lived together etc etc and had those signed in front of a notary public. But that isn't enough, apparently you need to fill...

This is what it says on the document checklist "Complete IMM5409 if you have a co-signer and he or she is your common law partner" I don't have a co-signer, so I did not fill this out, I figured that it would be redundant because the entire application is declaration of common-law status with...

Thank you very much for the response, so helpful! I actually just had it requested today and my partner arrived today so I guess we're lucky in that respect. I really don't understand the need for it considering we provided all of the evidence of our status in the immigration application and...

Ok thank you. They have also asked for a common law declaration even though it stipulates it is only necessary if the partner is a co-signer (which mine is not) - I have tried to abide by their rules but it seems that some of their practices don't abide by their own rules.

Hi, My outland application is currently under review and they have asked me to supply an original New Zealand police certificate even though it clearly states on their website that for NZ you need to fill out a consent form for NZ police, attach a copy of your passport and send that to CIC who...

Apologies if you have seen this post already, I think this is a more appropriate forum to post it. I applied for the outland Family Class (Common Law) route in July, and it is currently in process (my spouse has been approved). I am living in Switzerland (short term) and my partner is coming to...

No, and in my second case specific inquiry I made double sure they knew this because I was nervous they would withdraw my current application by accident because they clearly did not read my request the first time around. But still no luck.

Thank you for the response. I have done this twice already, and no luck. They keep telling my my application is within the required time period and are refusing to respond (Clearly they are looking at my current application and not the withdrawn one I am actually asking about).

I applied for the outland Family Class (Common Law) route. I sent my application in June and it is currently in process (my spouse has been approved). I am living in Switzerland (short term) and my partner is coming to visit for one month. I have heard that many applicants have been asked for...

Oh and i'm outside of Canada at the moment so cannot try the call centre as apparently it is only available from within Canada.

Hi there, I applied for inland sponsorship at the beginning of this year, I cancelled it and went the outland route after realizing it was easier and faster (I paid for this as well). I withdrew my application before receiving any confirmation that processing had begun and my sponsor received a...

Hi all, Hoping to get some help here. I applied for an inland application but got a job offer to work in Switzerland (not my home country) temporarily, i've been told this means I should cancel my application and start an outland one. Has anyone got experience cancelling and restarting a new...

Hmm yes, I wish that this was more clear because I feel like I could argue that yes, in fact I do still live with my spouse in Canada on a permanent basis, however, I have a short-term job that will take me elsewhere for some time - I have even organized with the institution in Switzerland that...

Ok yes, thank you for your help, I sent it via courier but they say they have to send it to the addressee who can refuse to accept it to get it returned but I doubt i'll get to CIC in time for that to happen. May I ask if you know what the 'rules' are to be considered living together? I just...

Ok thanks for your reply, I guess it makes sense, it's just that we would still be living together when the application is actually being processed so it seems weird to apply for an outland application when that only applies to this one year and not to any other year (including when the...